Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- The Carolina Hurricanes’ system of an energetic forecheck and constant pressure in the defensive zone is one the Canadiens could find success with. [La Presse]
- Patrik Laine will be spending his summer in Montreal, exploring the city. [Journal de Montreal]
- How the Canadiens handle meal planning on the road. [Canadiens.com]
- The financial pros and cons of a potential trade of Carey Price’s contract. [TVA Sports]
- Ivan Demidov is a finalist for the Alexei Cherepanov Award as the KHL’s rookie of the year. [Journal de Montreal]
- Pascal Vincent says the Laval Rocket didn’t stick to the gameplan in last night’s contest. [Journal de Montreal]
- What drives Lucas Condotta to give back to the Laval community. [Montreal Gazette]
- Vinzenz Rohrer had another great game at the World Championship, named Austria’s player of the game with a goal and an assist in a win over France. [Canadiens.com]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Auston Matthews scored the winning goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Florida Panthers to force a Game 7 in Toronto. [NHL.com]
- Toronto may have to play it without Matthew Knies. [TSN]
- The Winnipeg Jets have the motivation of a return home for Game 7 to get them through tonight’s game in Dallas. [NHL.com]
- Jamie Benn was fined $5000 for punching Mark Scheifele in a scrum. [NHL.com]
- Mattias Ekholm and Calvin Pickard could return to the Edmonton Oilers during the Western Conference Final. [NHL.com]
- Andrei Svechnikov is finding his form at the perfect time. [NHL.com]
- Matvei Michkov is thankful for what John Tortorella taught him, but hopes his reins are loosened with Rick Tocchet now behind the bench. [RG.org]
- Tocchet is looking forward to working with Michkov and the rest of the Philadelphia Flyers prospects. [NHL.com]
- The Boston Bruins players say the team will be better next season. [NHL.com]
- Claude Giroux and the Ottawa Senators have begun contract talks. [TSN]
- Danila Yurov was signed to his ELC by the Minnesota Wild. [Sportsnet]
- The jury was dismissed in the sexual assault trial involving five former Team Canada members, and it will now be a judge-only trial. [Sportsnet]
